Slave Owners Quotes

12 quotes by 11 authors

There were 315,000 slave owners in the Union Army (with 200,000 in the Confederate Army) and the men who walked away from the Union Army… — John Coleman
It's the old American Double Standard, ya know: Say one thing, do somethin' different. And of course this country is founded on the double standard.… — George Carlin
Yes here's to the founding fathersâ€”slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes... — David Mazzucchelli
The human beings at the helm of the new nation [USA], whatever their limitations [slave owners, anti-democracy], were truly revolutionary. The theory of liberty born… — Naomi Wolf
The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of special privilege of… — Henry George
This country was founded by a group of slave owners who told us that all men are created equal. — George Carlin
The worst slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves — Oscar Wilde
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners. — Mahatma Gandhi
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. — Vladimir Lenin
I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they built schools and… — Michael Moore
The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it. — Dan Savage

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